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Английский язык, 10 класс

Listening Comprehension Text

Children at Work

Last week a national newspaper reported that some children in the south of England were earning more than 50 pounds a week delivering newspapers. There was a terrible fuss. Some people were worried that the children were doing too much work, others felt that it showed that people were getting too greedy at too early an age. Yet it would have been normal for children to have done a full day’s work and more not so long ago. In the nineteenth century, toys, comfortable homes, and schools were only for the very rich. Most children would have been expected to work very hard. If you had gone to school at all, you would have left by the age of eight or nine. In the country you would have worked long hours on the farms. In the cities, life was just as hard. As a young child, you would have gone to work with your parents and slaved alongside dangerous machinery for hours on end. You might even have worked in a coal mine.

Today there are laws which are supposed to stop children from being forced to work. In the UK, no one under the age of thirteen is allowed to work at all; and no one under seventeen is allowed to work in the street - for example, on a market stall. You are not allowed to work before seven in the morning or after seven at night, or to work during school hours. In addition, you-must not work for more than two hours on any school day or on Sunday. But in spite of laws like this, some children are being exploited. Some children work long hours in restaurants and clothes factories or do cleaning jobs, while others are asked to help with their parents’ market stalls. As well as being tiring and interfering with home and school life, work can be dangerous. Children have been killed selling flowers by the side of busy roads and one boy died after cutting himself while working in a butcher’s shop.

Things are getting so bad that London now has a special team of experts looking at the problem. One recent report highlighted the case of Sue. Sue was either absent from school or falling asleep over her desk. When her teachers got worried and looked into her background, they found that she spent most of her time at home making plastic flowers. Sometimes she got up at half past four in the morning in order to help her mother earn enough money for the family.

Experts feel that there is exploitation and that at present the law isn’t strict enough. What do you think?

Vocabulary

deliver - разносить (газеты);

fuss - переполох;

alongside - бок о бок;

for hours on end - много часов подряд;

coal mine - угольная шахта;

force - заставлять, принуждать;

market stall - торговая палатка;

interfere (with) - вредить;

highlight - ярко освещать;

exploit - эксплуатировать;

exploitation - эксплуатация

Английский язык. 11 класс.

Listening Comprehension Text

Good Impressions in Job Interviews

It may seem strange that it should be like this but when you have an interview, your education, knowledge and experience may be less important than the overall impression you make on the people interviewing you. Experts disagree about how long it takes to create a really good - or bad impression, but some estimate it’s a few seconds. Many employers check prospective employees for what they call professionalism: this often includes appearance - so make sure you have washed your hair, cleaned your shoes and are wearing the right sort of clothing. Do you know what 80-90% of candidates never remember to do when they go into the interview room? The answer is smile. So make eye-contact and smile as soon as you enter the room but follow the interviewer’s lead on whether or not to shake hands. Wait to be told where to sit and don’t use first names unless the interviewer expects you to.

Try to move in certain ways at an interview - how you move your body or how you sit can indicate what kind of person you are - for example, a certain attitude can make you appear to be shy, or conversely, dependable and honest. It is important to avoid any kind of defensive movement, which may seem strange but it is because doing things like not making eye-contact, or crossing your arms, can seem to be very negative. There are other things that can give a bad impression too, such as turning your body away from the person you're talking to, or constantly touching your clothing or jewellery - all these things give a very bad impression to a person you may be meeting for the first time. You could look as if you don’t want to give a straight answer, and so the interviewer might think you’re impatient - or maybe even completely untrustworthy.

Believe it or not, the colours you choose to wear may also contribute to the overall impression you make. Colour analysts tell us that people wearing red clothes are showing that they have confidence – that’s what the colour signifies - while wearing yellow shows openness. If you choose to wear green, this tells people you’re compassionate, while the colour orange conveys happiness. All these are very positive qualities. However, you might not want to go along to a job interview dressed in all the bright colours of the rainbow, and you will probably choose something more neutral: such as brown, grey, and black. Although a traditional navy blue suit can make you seem conservative, it isn’t a bad thing to wear one for an important job interview, because this colour also suggests that you’re loyal. If it seems a bit dull to you, then add something in another colour to your outfit, perhaps a tie or scarf. Purple is a good choice for this as, according to the experts, this is one of the colours of inspiration.

When the interview is over, remember that people from the company may still be assessing you even after you have left the interview room. So don’t forget to say goodbye to the receptionist or anyone else you spoke to when you arrived. Ignoring someone might cost you the job you’ve tried so hard to get.

Vocabulary

overall - considering or including everything (overall impression);

estimate - make a reasonable guess at the time of something;

employer - a person or company that pays you to work for them;

employee - someone who is paid to work for someone else;

prospective - likely to do or be something in the future (prospective employee);

contribute - be one of the causes of something that happens;

confidence - belief in your ability to do things well;

signify - be a sign of something;

outfit - a set of clothes that you wear together;

inspiration - the feeling that you can do something;

assess - make a decision about something;

receptionist - someone who helps people when they arrived

УПРАВЛЕНИЕ ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ, СПОРТА И ТУРИЗМА АДМИНИСТРАЦИИ

ПЕРВОМАЙСКОГО РАЙОНА Г.МИНСКА

I ЭТАП РЕСПУБЛИКАНСКОЙ ОЛИМПИАДЫ ПО УЧЕБНОМУ ПРЕДМЕТУ «АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК»

10 класс

Listening Comprehension Test

Children at Work

1. Which of the following sentences don’t have the information from the text?

Circle their numbers.

1.Every year some social organizations make a protest against child labour.

2.Last year the British Parliament made a new law that is supposed to stop children from being forced to work.

3.At present the laws connected with child labour are not strict enough.

4.The British laws regulate at what age children are allowed to work.

5.There is information about how many hours children can work on Sunday.

6.There are no facts about the tragic cases which happened to children while working.

II. Complete the sentences.

1. A national newspaper reported that some children in the south of England ____________________________________________________________________________

2. In the nineteenth century most children would have been expected to ____________________________________________________________________________

3. As a young child, you would have gone to work with ____________________________________________________________________________

4. Today no one under seventeen is allowed ____________________________________________________________________________

5. As well as being tiring, work ____________________________________________________________________________

6. London now has a special team of ____________________________________________________________________________

III. Correct the mistakes in these statements.

1. In the nineteenth century children are not allowed to work in a coal mine.

2. Children are not allowed to work on any school day.

3. Sue's teachers were net interested why she was absent from school.

4. Sue spent most of her time out of doors.

5. Sue helped with her mother's market stall.

6. Children in Britain could never do a full day's work.

IV. Answer the questions:

1. What was the life like for a rich child in the nineteenth century in England? ____________________________________________________________________________

2. What was the life like for a poor child in the nineteenth century in England? ____________________________________________________________________________

1. Why are there laws in the UK which stop children from working?

____________________________________________________________________________

1. Why are some people against children working? ____________________________________________________________________________

2. At what age are children in Britain allowed to start working?

____________________________________________________________________________

1. What are the reasons for children working nowadays?

____________________________________________________________________________

V. Express your own opinion of children working (6-7 sentences).

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УПРАВЛЕНИЕ ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ, СПОРТА И ТУРИЗМА АДМИНИСТРАЦИИ

ПЕРВОМАЙСКОГО РАЙОНА Г.МИНСКА

I ЭТАП РЕСПУБЛИКАНСКОЙ ОЛИМПИАДЫ ПО УЧЕБНОМУ ПРЕДМЕТУ «АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК»

11 класс

Total: 30

Listening Comprehension Test

Good Impressions in Job Interviews

I. Match the following adjectives with their definitions. (6 points)

1) dependable a) unreliable

2) compassionate b) always supporting someone

3) impatient c) reliable

4) defensive d) feeling sympathy for people

5) loyal e) suitable for defending against an attack

6) untrustworthy f) becoming angry because of waiting

II. Fill in the gaps in the sentences with one of the colours: green, yellow, red, purple, orange, navy blue. ( 6 points)

1) People wearing __________ clothes are showing confidence.

2) People wearing ____________ clothes are showing openness.

3) The colour ___________ conveys happiness.

4) Wearing ___________ means that you're compassionate.

5) A traditional _____________ suit can make you seem conservative, but this colour also suggests that you're loyal.

6) ____________ is the colour of inspiration.

III. Agree (A) or disagree (D) with the following statements. (6 points)

1. The overall impression you make on the people interviewing you is less important than your education, knowledge and experience. ____

2. It takes much time to create a really good or bad impression. ___

3. It isn’t a good idea to smile entering the room. ___

4. As soon as you enter the room shake hands with your interviewer at once. ____

5. It is important to avoid any kind of defensive movement. ____

6. Crossing your arms or not making eye-contact can seem to be very negative. ____

IV. Answer the questions. (6 points)

1. What does professionalism often include?

___________________________________________________________________________

1. What do most of candidates never remember to do when they go into the interview room?

___________________________________________________________________________

1. Why is it important to move in certain ways at an interview?

___________________________________________________________________________

1. What things can give a bad impression?

___________________________________________________________________________

1. Why should you not forget to say goodbye to the people you spoke to when you arrived?

___________________________________________________________________________

1. What might ignoring someone cost you?

___________________________________________________________________________

V. Describe how to make a good impression in a job interview (6-7 sentences). (6 points)

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Английский язык, 10 класс

Listening Comprehension Test

Children at Work

Keys Total points: 30

1. Which of the following sentences don’t have the information from the text?

Circle their numbers. (1,2,6) (6 points)

1.Every year some social organizations make a protest against child labour.

2.Last year the British Parliament made a new law that is supposed to stop children from being forced to work.

3.At present the laws connected with child labour are not strict enough.

4.The British laws regulate at what age children are allowed to work.

5.There is information about how many hours children can work on Sunday.

6.Children had to work because they were not given pocket money.

II. Complete the sentences. (6 points)

1. A national newspaper reported that some children in the south of England

were earning more than 50 pounds a week delivering newspapers.

1. In the nineteenth century most children would have been expected to

work very hard.

1. As a young child, you would have gone to work with

your parents and slaved alongside dangerous machinery for hours on end.

1. Today no one under seventeen is allowed

to work in the street - for example, on a market stall.

5. As well as being tiring, work can be dangerous.

6. London now has a special team of experts looking at the problem.

III. Correct the mistakes in these statements. (6 points)

1. In the nineteenth century children were not allowed to work in a coal mine.

2. Children are not allowed to work for more than 2 hours on any school day.

3. Sue's teachers were not interested why she was absent from school.

4. Sue spent most of her time at home making plastic flowers.

5. Sue helped her mother to earn enough money for the family.

6. Children in Britain could never do a full day's work.

IV. Answer the questions: (6 points)

1. What was the life like for a rich child in the nineteenth century in England? In the nineteenth century, toys, comfortable homes, and schools were only for the very rich.

2. What was the life like for a poor child in the nineteenth century in England? Most children worked very hard: long hours on the farms with their parents, even in a coal mine.

3. Why are there laws in the UK which stop children from working? Children are being exploited. Today there are laws which are supposed to stop children from being forced to work.

4. Why are some people against children working? As well as being tiring and interfering with home and school life, work can be dangerous.

5. At what age are children in Britain allowed to start working? In the UK, no one under the age of thirteen is allowed to work at all.

6. What are the reasons for children working nowadays? To help parents to earn money.

V. Express your own opinion of children working (6-7 sentences). (6 points)

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Английский язык, 11 класс

Total: 30

KEYS

Listening Comprehension Test

Good Impressions in Job Interviews

I. Match the following adjectives with their definitions. (6 points)

1) dependable a) unreliable

2) compassionate b) always supporting someone

3) impatient c) reliable

4) defensive d) feeling sympathy for people

5) loyal e) suitable for defending against an attack

6) untrustworthy f) becoming angry because of waiting

1b

2d

3f

4e

5c

6a

II. Fill in the gaps in the sentences with one of the colours: green, yellow, red, purple, orange, navy blue. ( 6 points)

1) People wearing red clothes are showing confidence.

2) People wearing yellow clothes are showing openness.

3) The colour orange conveys happiness.

4) Wearing green means that you're compassionate.

5) A traditional navy blue suit can make you seem conservative, but this colour also suggests that you're loyal.

6) Purple is the colour of inspiration.

III. Agree (A) or disagree (D) with the following statements. (6 points)

1. The overall impression you make on the people interviewing you is less important than your education, knowledge and experience. D

2. It takes much time to create a really good or bad impression. D

3. It isn’t a good idea to smile entering the room. D

4. As soon as you enter the room shake hands with your interviewer at once. D

5. It is important to avoid any kind of defensive movement. A

6. Crossing your arms or not making eye-contact can seem to be very negative. A

IV. Answer the questions. (6 points)

1. What does professionalism often include?

This often includes appearance - so make sure you have washed your hair, cleaned your shoes and are wearing the right sort of clothing.

1. What do most of candidates never remember to do when they go into the interview room? They never remember to smile.

2. Why is it important to move in certain ways at an interview? How you move your body or how you sit can indicate what kind of person you are.

3. What things can give a bad impression? Doing things like not making eye-contact, or crossing your arms, can seem to be very negative.

4. Why should you not forget to say goodbye to the people you spoke to when you arrived? Because people from the company may still be assessing you even after you have left the interview room.

5. What might ignoring someone cost you?

Ignoring someone might cost you the job you’ve tried so hard to get.

V. Describe how to make a good impression in a job interview (6-7 sentences). (6 points)

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